looking out for you. >> this is a fox news alert just a short time ago members of the obama administration briefed members of the -- in syria. he has not said what if any military action he will take in syria. lawmakers voted against military action which is a huge defeat to british prime minister james cameron. >> john, lawmakers who received that briefing this evening said they came away with the impression that the president still has not made a final decision about the strike. >> the president is going to have to make his case to the congress and to the american people. i think before he takes any action. the problem that he finds himself in and has placed us in is if he does not take action now. a paper tiger to statements the rest of the world. >> senior white house official tells fox that the uss stout is now in position off the coast of syria. for a period of time there will be five destroyers in the area. the pentagon has also opted to keep two aircraft carriers in the persian gulf. the pentagon is not concerned about reports from russia that it is sending surface -

get to work. >> one of the missions i had when i came to msnbc was that president obama had just been elected. i wanted to do health care. >> here in america, in the wealthiest nation on earth, no illness or accident should lead to any family's financial ruin. >> you need to pay attention to what's happening in your backyard. >> defund obama care. >> defund obama care sue repeal obama care. ♪ ♪ i want it now, i want it all >> i wanted to do health care because i knew it could change the country and i knew it could help people. >> we see this coming. just like the tie tannic. >> on the ship we're going to die. >> are you saying that society should let him die? >> no. >> there are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. all right? there are 47% who are with him who are -- who believe that they are victims. >> that's who the republicans are. we shouldn't be talking about infrastructure investment, investment in education, investment in workers and going round two on health care. >> i want to repeal the law of the land. is that clear. >> we will not back

like obama, same with him. from lincoln to reagan to palin, the left first mask hate as parody. if this doesn't bother obama, why should it bother you? he is too focused on the kardashians. seriously, what does he have against armenians? the rodeo clown's job is to keep the bull distracted so other cowboys reach safety. maybe the mask was intended as a compliment. perhaps obama should try to get the clown's job back. count it as one of the jobs saved we kept hearing about. lastly, weird watching an ideology up in arms over a clown as they are silent about filner, the irs, and benghazi. that's the real bull, and boy are they running from that. little play on the words there. >> clever. >> dana, you are the resident expert at fox news on rodeos. >> i might be the only one. >> she was lecturing me on everything. is this offensive or is it part of the rich history of presidential parody that occurs in such roe -- rodeos. >> have you ever been to one? >> i have been to fairs, but i was often too in eastbound reated. >> i grew up on rodeos. he used to go calf roping on friday night. what

somebody you respect? >> bill: war of words between some conservatives and president obama over his description of vladimir putin. but is the president really wrong to call putin out? karl rove will answer that question. how i live, man. doing my thing. you know this is the way i want to live and i don't see anything changing. >> bill: that man wants to live on food stamps which he is getting even though he refuses to work. a fox news investigation that sem bare wassing the federal government. >> serious. awesome. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. huh i'm bill o'reilly. the thanks bore watching tonight. the issue dividing americans the subject of talking points memo. whether it's obama care, food stamp explosion, punishment of convicts or a myriad of other social issues, the big catch among americans is between those like me who believe in personal responsibility and self-reliance and those who will not make judgments on behavior and want the federal government to provide support and solace to those who cannot or will not compete

must wish. barack obama the man has led a remarkable life. he excelled in school. he climbed to the ivy league and made editor of the harvard law review in a blind test that has nothing to do with affirmative action. nothing. he has led an unblemished life, has been a solid faithful husband, a loving caring father to his daughters. his political flaw is that he spends too many evenings with his family and not enough time caging and winning over the follow politicians. he's too much the stay at home husband. and what has been the judgment of the right wing? have they said a single word of good about this man and of his character? even though he in fact meets every known standard, conservative standard of what a good man should be. clean, faithful, hard working, committed to goals, responsible, and yes when it comes to dealing with the country's enemies overseas, resolute. the content of his character? 50 years later i ask has this president of our os been given that test or has he been judged by his critics as martin luther king hopes we would get passed by the color of his skin. i think

thinks president obama is behind it. those stories and more ahead on the five. license and registration please. what's this? uhh, it's my geico insurance id card, sir. it's digital, uh, pretty cool right? maybe. you know why i pulled you over today? because i'm a pig driving a convertible? tail light's out.. fix it. digital insurance id cards. just a click away with the geico mobile app. >>> welcome back to the five, last week we told you about the shocking murder of a world war ii vet in washington state. overnight, police in spokane, arrested a second 16-year-old wanted for the beating death of 88-year-old albert belten. the other suspect surrendered to authorities on thursday. here's the police chief earlier today. >> today i would like to asure our community that the two individuals we believe were responsible for the robbery and murder of mr. belten had been taken into custody. i would like to make it very clear, the motive for this attack was robbery. race was not a factor. additionally, there was no gang activity that was associated with this incident. >> really a tragic case. yo

is more racist since president obama took office than before. more on that in a moment. first, we know the zimmerman trial ended weeks ago. i was stunned when i saw a brand new political attack ad which reenac reenacts the night trayvon martin crossed paths with george zimmerman. it is dramatic, provocative, is it fair. before we show the ad, we must warn you it is dramatic. beware if you have kids, especially younger kids watching. >> are you following him? >> yeah. >> okay, we don't need you to do that. >> okay. all right, sir, what is your name? >> george. >> he is yelling help? >> yes. there's gunshots. get down! >> who is saying they shot who. >> a guy is raising his hands up, saying he shot the person. >> kg, this group called coalition to stop gun violence. using actual 911 tapes to re-enact. did they go over the line for their cause? >> they're trying to say they determined in fact what the evidence is, what the facts are in the case, and disregard the trial, verdict and outcome. this is a political ad obviously, they're trying to achieve a specific political purpose. seem

. >>> good wednesday morning. right now on "first look," president obama's first comments on the seriousness of the current terror threat. >> it's significant enough that we're taking every precaution. >> the president also talks about lunch with hillary, russia's putin and a classic romance comedy. bush 43's emergency heart surgery and how he hopes to resume a normal schedule as early as tomorrow. >>> plus, these cute seals are attracting fierce creatures off cape cod. a big rig crash caught on tape and look at this sight, a massive fire in east africa's busiest airport in kenya. good morning. for the first time president obama is publicly speaking about the on going global terror threat. during a stop at the tonight show with jay leno, mr. obama called the safety concerns significant and this morning many u.s. embassies and kons lats remain closed as we learn more about the threat. tracie potts is live now in washington with the latest. tracy, good morning. >> good morning. there is height ened concern about that threat because today is the 15th anniversary of our dead will he bombings in

also this. the top guy at the irs wants to opt out of obama care and the irs targeting scandal touches the federal election commission. harry reid, the senator, he insists, we must raise tax revenue. the obama phone scandal, a new story, you don't know whether to laugh or cry and all of that stock market, the 29th all time high. "varney & company" we can't wait to begin. f music is being streamed. a quarter million tweeters are tweeting. and 900 million dollars are changing hands online. that's why the internet needs a new kind of server. one that's 80% smaller. uses 89% less energy. and costs 77% less. it's called hp moonshot. and it's giving the internet the room it needs to gw. ...is going toe big. it's time to build a better enterprise. together. join us at projectluna.com much. stuart: i'm going to call it how i see it, this is a dismal jobs report. that's my opinion. look at this, the numberab force up 240,000. that's drop-outs. that explains the decline in the unemployment rate to 7.4%. the number of part-time workers increased by 174,000, does that have something to do

been a great week. have a great weekend. ♪ lou: thank you for being with us, president obama's middle east policies are no more coherent tonight than two and a half years ago when he insisted on mubarak's departure from power. the administration's lack of a clear foreign policy objective in eggpt dpled to the overthrow of mubarak. the muslim brotherhood's asession to power, and now the secular military's removal of egyptian president morsi and the violent and deadly clashes between security forces and morsi supporters that have followed. the white house, again today refused to exj -- acknowledge whether they will continue to send aid to the egyptian government and mill their that reportedly killed hundreds since the beginning of last week, and pro-morsi demonstrators are blamed for the death of dozens of police, security forces, and christians who blame the muslim brotherhood for the torching, looting, and destruction of as many as 40 coptic christian churches. he's been in prison for two years, and proximate result cleareddhim of a corruption charge, the former president's rel

, president obama calls out republicans. late this afternoon, the president gave a news conference at the white house. he strongly defended his health care law, and he slammed republican extremists for their threat to shut down the government if obama care isn't defunded. >> between october 1st into march, there will be an open enrollment period in which millions of americans for the first time are going to be able to get affordable health care. now i think the really interesting question is why it is that my friends in the other party have made the idea of preventing these people from getting health care their holy grail, their number one priority. the one unifying principle in the republican party at the moment is making sure that 30 million people don't have health care. >> they are holy grail. their number one priority. >> the notion is simply that those 30 million people or the 150 million who are benefitting from the other aspects of affordable care will be better off without it. that's their assertion. not backed by fact, not backed by any evidence. that's just become an ide

majority of americans can agree on except this. washington stinks. president obama's approval rating plum sed. 82% think the lawmakers deser s deserve to take off the month of august. congress is never popular. washington doesn't rate well on the popularity scale. people tend to personally like their own congressman. the reports we are getting back is that this time it could be different. i wanted to ask you, do you think some of the incumbent are in trouble? >> i talked to democratic campaign committee who handles the house. the average rating of approval for members of the house is about 88% or 89%. 70% now. i think the idea of a safe incumbent -- when i was in the business if you had an incumbent very rare they lose. if a wave hits, if a big issue comes along a lot of people who think they are safe will be in trouble. >> anything we are learning in august 2013 tell us something about what will happen in mid term of november 2014. because president obama's numbers are not good now it's hard to get those back up. and then if you take the fact that most incumbents lose seats from their pa

of wages. it's a liberal group and joining the chorus of dissent for president obama's economic policies. the right is chiming in, too. t the cato institute says welfare may pay better than working. and three out of four high school grads don't have what it takes to go to college. we're looking at people who won't find a job or repay their loans. the dow may drop below it this morning. "varney & company" is about to begin. which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on hisortfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. folks have suffered from frequent heartburn. but getting heartburn and then treating day after day is a thing of the past. block the acid with prilosec otc, and don't get heartburn in the first place. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >> good wednesday morning, everyone. eye opening comments o

always fully informed way. >> barack obama faces the press corps as his administration fights battles on several fronts. we'll grade the president's performance. >> i have broccoli a lot. me and broccoli, we got a thing going. >> late night tv appearances, frequent golf outings, posh vacations, all fodder for conservative critics of the president. are they just turning up the public by nitpicking the small stuff? we'll have a debate. >>> i understand that your child and i have to co-exist in this city but perhaps you can take him somewhere else more appropriate for a happy meal so i could have a happy one. >> and a food fight between parents and restaurants who are saying no to kids. we'll talk to a mom who is none too pleased. >>> caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >>> hi. i'm in for bill o'reilly. you know him. the president and the public. that's the subject of this evening's talking points memo. obama can be an aloof salesman who is not even sold on his own product. he is selling used pintos but he really wants to push jaguars. go him. i

no indication that the obama white house is asking them to come back into session. there's no guarantee in the house of representatives they would get a vote of confidence for a strike. there's significant skepticism. let's see how powerful this report they will be leasing. that could influence some of the people out there in congress. right now there's a lot of people saying hold off. >> congress is not in session until september 9th. they've been active already. some members of congress brie d ed on a white house conference call. congress wants a debate. they want the president to see authorization and they ain't going to get it, are they? >> no, they're not. if the president called back congress, there's the possibilities they would vote against him. i don't think he's very much interested in doing that. i think all of this is so much the overhang from the involvement in iraq. i think there's a feel, not necessarily about whether the united states can prove that assad has these chemical weapons. i think it's pretty clear that they feel very strongly and have established the

. >> fox news polls out this morning, 71% of those surveyed say president obama's recent economic speeches offer nothing new. result of that? 52% of that say they disapprove of the job president obama is doing, and get this, 74% say we rely too much on the government, food stamps, welfare, saying it's too easy to get government handouts. new polls. the numbers suggest the country has a negative view of the president's performance, and his economic agenda. however, investors clearly do not have a negative view of tesla, the electric car company. they sold more cars than all the oh-so-clever analysts expected, and tesla is expanding with a backlog of orders, and look at this, the stock up big, 10-12% of the opening bell. it's not the only stock up. a higher open in a couple minutes, but firsts though, there's this. three winning powerball tickets sold, two in new jersey, one in minnesota. they will split a $448 million jackpot, no identity on the winners yet, but one thing's for sure. they all pay a huge chunk of the prize up front in tax. more on that later in the hourment i'm goin

that's all for us tonight. "anderson cooper starts right now." >>> breaking news, president obama says there is no doubt that chemical weapons were used in syria or the syrian regime used them. the question now, what will he do about it? we will look at the tough choices. they have run from our cameras. the charity we identified as america's worst, raising tens of millions, they say for dying children but spending next to nothing on them. finally they are talking. their claim and how it adds up. we are keeping them honest. >>> later, president obama stands where dr. king stood a half century ago and speaks of courage. we will speak to maya angelou who is and was part of that struggle and she is joining me tonight. we begin with syria and the breaking news. president obama not saying if or when but making the case for a limited strike on syria. not to take down the assad regime but punish it for using chemical weapons. he spoke to gwen eiffel and judy woodruff who asked him the question off the bat. >> how close are you to using a military strike and can you assure the american peo

president obama told the pbs news hour. >> i have no interest in any kind of open-ended conflict in syria, but we do have to make sure that when countries break international norms on weapons like chemical weapons that could threaten us, that they are held accountable. >> so it is just a matter of time and can this country afford to intervene in syria? we' and the jury giving the shooter death. nadal hassan looked at him in the eye and shot him seven times. >> might have strong woords of criticism for president obama. >>> and you heard lora dimaggio tell me this last night about hanna anderson. >> i remember very vividly telling my brother, she's trouble. she's going to -- she's -- i said you need to watch out for that one, she's trouble. >> it was an extraordinary encounter and tonight i want to ask star jones what she thought of that and much more, plus, mom versus miley. the blogger who warns her daughter let miley cyrus be a lesson to you. we'll find out what that lesson is later. >>> we'll begin with the big story, the deepening crisis in syria and what the white house tends to do ab

. >> nope. don't we love him for it? thank you so much. no pow wow with putin. president obama has yet to sit down with the president while attending the g20 summit in the country. a california city testing a fix for underwater mortgages, imminent domain. you can't make it up. it's a battle royale with the banks landing in court. medical information exposed. the rush to implement obamacare put sensitive records at risk. see it to believe it. the manning brothers rapping their way through a new commercial for direct tv. literally rapping. ridiculous. we'll show it to you anyway. all that and so much more this hour on "markets now." ♪ >> stocks down, worrying about a pull back from the federal reserve. is this what the month will be like? adam, answer me that. >> there's been a lot of people who have been talking about a four to 8% pull back, a correction. who is winning and losing? the s&p down ten points, dow down 70 points, but leading the charge on the dow, at least some to the positive. united technologies, chevron, merck, they are up now, but the big losers on the dow this morning,

home, a major new report on the effects of obama care by our partners at nbc news setting off a fire storm. more and more business owners they say along with investors say that obama care is killing jobs. and wait until you hear the white house reaction. >>> and is this the call of duty economy. just how many hours young and not so young men are killing playing this video game. is this why so many of these guys aren't married and don't have decent jobs? all these stories and more coming up on the "kudlow report." starting now. >>> good evening, this is the "kudlow report." first up tonight, a new report from nbc news is investigative reporter lisa myers says businesses across the country are cutting employees' hours to avoid paying health care costs from obama care. the white house has been telling a different story. take a listen. >> the data reflects there is not support for the proposition that businesses are not hiring full-time employees because of the affordable care act. >> add this to the delays and changes to obama care, seems the law is crumbling under its own weight. the s

to dallas, texas, where ted cruz is about to speak in just a moment. see the big defund obama care banner which lets you know what the event is going to be like. also tonight the terrifying prospect that one result of the bankruptcy of the city of detroit could be the thousands of potential personal bankruptcies caused by the slashing of retirees' pensions. a full discussion on that is coming up. all that plus i am absolutely geeking out a little bit over what i think is the coolest car ever. the tesla. i will tell you why it's so cool but also why it's so important. >>> but tonight we begin with a man who i believe is the most dangerous politician on the american right. in october 2007 i sat in the media gallery of the united states supreme court and watched the solicitor general of texas argue on behalf of the state that he should have the ability to put to death a mexican national, jose, who had been convicted of raping and murdering two teenage girls in houston. he won that argument and he was executed by texas on august 5th, 2008, despite the objections of the united nations a

. thanu for being with us. washington has become an ent mow logical wonderland for the obama administration seems to be more obsessed with semantics and sentence con trucks than to capture a killing of terrorists. washington -- while dismissing any sense of proportion when it comes to radical islamists and the war on terror. and for all of that, this was a red letter day. president obama's mantra that al qaeda is on the run today proved wrong yet again. you are looking at pictures of yemen where government officials uncovered an al qaeda plot to capture oil and gas facilities, to fire on foreign embassies, to seize -- news of the foiled plot breaking as the united states is stepping up its drone attacks there. killing at least seven al qaeda terrorists in the southern part of the country. in the broader plot that led to the closings of 19 embassies and facilities and 16 countries still acted tonight with no indication that the threats have in any way diminished. here is state department spokesperson jen saki on the closings and the alerts. >> our embassy remains closed. we're

machine for a triumphant return to washington in the never-ending west to defund and destroy obama care. >>> plus a texas megachurch where ministers push faith healing over vaccinations is now at the epicenter of a measles outbreak. why science is being ignored and kids are now paying the price. all that ahead. >>> but we begin tonight with the drumbeat for u.s. military strikes against sere wra. in just the last 24 hours since we last talked to you, a consensus among the united states and its allies has hardened remarkably quickly and it is apparent there will be military action against syria possibly by the end of the week. >> there's no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons in syria. the syrian regime. the president believes, and i believe, that those who use chemical weapons against defenseless men, women and children, should and must be held accountable. >> that was, of course, vice president joe biden, who used a previously scheduled speech before the american legion to make those remarks. at the white house, spokesman jay carney was in day two of

coup. hours ago speaking from martha's vineyard, president obama condemned the crackdown by egyptian security forces and announced that the u.s. is canceling joint military exercises planned with egypt next month. president made no mention of u.s. aid to egypt but made clear that the path to democracy for egypt ultimately rests in the hands of the egyptians. >> america cannot determine the future of egypt. that's a task for the egyptian people. we don't take sides with any particular party or political figure. i know it is tempting inside of egypt to blame the united states or the west or some other outside actor for what's gone wrong. that kind of approach will do nothing to help egyptians achieve the future that they deserve. we want egypt to succeed. we want a peaceful, democratic, prosperous egypt. that's our interest. >> joining me today, political editor and white house correspondent at "the huffington post," sam stein. "washington post" columnist jonathan capehart, founder and editor at large, charlie senate, jon meacham author of "thomas jefferson -- the art of power." joinin

benghazi attacks anyway. i'm jake tapper. this is "the lead." the world lead, president obama, secretary of state hillary clinton and others blamed him for the deadly attacks on the compound in benghazi. they were wrong but he went to jail anyway for violating the terms of his parole. the mystery man behind the film "innocence of muslims." and they say their stop & frisk" policy fights crime. but they say the real crime is being black. and the money lead, it looks like the world has found a cure for its blackberry addiction. now you can't give these things away. what happened? >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." some movement on the terror case that paralyzed the nation. while dzhokhar tsarnaev is awaiting trial in a prison sell, two of his best friends were in court today, both 19-year-old natives of kazakhstan studying in the united states pleaded not guilty today to charges of obstruction of justice. they were arrested following the bombing after police said they took key evidence from tsarnaev's dorm room following the bombing. susan what can you tell us? >> jake, the

>>> good afternoon. thank you for joining us. i'm karen finney. we just heard from president obama about the situation in syria and the question remains, are we going to war? >> ten days ago, the world watched in horror as men, women and children were massacred in syria. in the worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century. over 1,000 people were murdered. young girls and boys, gassed to death. i have decide that had the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets. i've made a second decision. i will seek authorizing for the use of force from the american people's representatives in congress. the country will be stronger if we take this course and our actions will be even more effective. i respect the views of these call for caution. what message will we send if f a dictator can gas hundreds of children to death in plain sight and pay no price? i know well that we are weary of war. but we are the united states of america. we cannot and must not turn a blind eye to what happened in damascus. we lead with the belief that right makes might. not the othe

to say that president obama is not going to recall congress to seek some type of similar measure before proceeding? >> first of all, i don't want to engage in speculation about a course of action that's not been decided upon. when the president has an announcement to make, he'll make it. as this process is undertaken, we're consulting directly with house and senate leaders in congress. we're consulting with the leadership of relevant committees and other members who have a keen interest in this manner. i think you've seen that documents by some members who have spoken to it. that process will continue. we think it's important that the consultation process take place in a matter like this at such gravity. we're also as we have made clear engaging with our international partners as a substantial list of communications that the secretary of state has had and the president has had consultations with canadian prime minister harper today and in recent days with british prime minister. i would anticipate the president will continue to make calls to his counterparts throughout the week.

to relive it all. >> and president obama will propose phasing out mortgage giants fannie and freddie but they back half the mortgages in this country so what does it mean for the value of your home? >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm jake tapper. we begin our world lead with this breaking news on a major terrorism investigation. for nearly a year, the family of those killed at the diplomatic post in benghazi have been waiting for answers. >> here's what she told him. >> the investigative team did not even try to contact him, he says. now there is major news about this suspect in the benghazi attacks. i want to welcome cnn's new justice reporter, evan perez, to "the lead." what you have learned? >> the first criminal charges have been filed, we've been told, in new york under seal. ackman is the person being charged and the investigation is continuing and they're still working on perhaps bringing charges against other individuals but this is a major individual in the case. >> and who is he? >> he is a leader of one of the many militias that the government is dependent upon to he

that the u.s. will strike syria, president obama declared that he is definitely, positively, without a doubt still considering his options. >> this kind of attack is a challenge to the world. we cannot accept a world where women and children and innocent civilians are gassed. i have not made a final decision about various actions that might be taken. in no event are we considering ne kind of military action that would involve boots on the ground that, would involve a long-term campaign, but we are looking at the possibility of a limited, narrow act. >> now, just a short time before that, secretary kerry used language that sounded quite a bit more forceful as he gave the broad strokes outlining the evidence that the u.s. says it has on syria. >> it matters because if we choose to live in a world where a thug and a murderer like bashar al assad can gas thousands of his own people with impugnity, even after the united states and our allies said no and then the world does nothing about it, there will be no end to the test of our resolve. >> kerry also strongly indicated that the u.s. is wi

high on marijuana lou dobbs reporting on my cut backs because of obama care. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. why the debate over stop and frisk is so intense, that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. the privacy of americans under siege, high tech makes it easy to spy on us. and intrusive policies like airport security patdowns are tremendous inconvenience. and then there is stop and frisk. nobody likes being a prisoner in their own neighborhood. but in some places that's what's happening. but the police are not the guilty parties, criminals are. last weekend in chicago, another 6 people shot dead, 28 others wounded, including a 7-year-old boy. the windy city has turned into afghanistan, so far this year, a 8 children and teens have been murdered. chicago has lost control of the situation. the violence is centered in the poor black neighborhoods and it's the same in most other american cities. here in new york, under the very liberal mayor david denkins, m

. also portland, oregon. on the agenda today, president obama is meeting with key regulators on reforms in the banks. he wants a progress report and already many of the banks are concerned that lenders are going to push back and cause this those two banks to shrink. >>> and oprah gave a good push to the butler this week. >> indeed. she's a big star for the small screen, it appears that she brings a big punch for the big screen as well. the other three bold. kick ass 2, jobs and pair know ya, they didn't bring any extra seats. >> jobs, i still want to see even though we're going to talk about that disappointment. thank you so much. >>> so, the first steve jobs movie with ashton kutcher, it bold. $6.7 million. we need a new line in the pipeline to talk about one for the whole year. our question, who should be the topic of the next great hollywood biopic and who should star? >>> still ahead -- a-rod the story in boston. nothing to do with drugs or suspensions. we'll show you what happened after the game. >>> also the police add a new tool to the war on drugs. that would be doritos. >>> tha

, president obama's likely nominee for new fed head. a major dog fighting ring busted and marking 50 years since this man and his message changed the world. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm betty nguyen. secretary of state john kerry says the evidence is clear. the man mouth human suffering undeniable. >> it defies any code of morality. let me be clear, the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral on sce obscenity. >> ayman mohyeldin is live in cairo. >> reporter: the u.n. inspection team will head back out into the eastern part of damascus where they completed their first day yesterday. now as we were talking about it earlier, they did meet with eye witnesses, interview some of the patients that were being treated for alleged chemical weapons symptoms. they were also able to collect samples from in and around the area. it's not yet clear whether or not they're going to make their findings public, but a lot of people are going to be watching very closely what they do conclude as a result of it. they

influence on the world stage due to president obama's flip-floping? this president is knew eve and clearly is learning on the job? what would president reagan do or president bush? i don't think we should be going into syria more than miley cyrus changing positions on the vmas him we need more proof before we kill more people. what say you? >> i say the evidence is pretty clear, one, two. i think that may have been one of the most biassed openings you have ever done. three he has consulted with congress. he has to get the allies on board. the french are going to do it unilaterally. they won't try to take it to their elected officials. i think we got more power to do it. it gives the president enough flexibility to do it. flip-flop, he said it every time he said it. it's a red line, when they do something, we'll do something. >> you have to go to congress. >> he has been doing that. >> it's their war. >> he has been doing it? >> he has been consulting to congress, yeah. >> you have to go to congress to get a declaration. >> absolutely. >> or if the country poses imminent threat. wha

of president obama. because he is the one that said, and also signed several pieces of legislation that has repealed or replaced . >> i know what you are saying, i guess what i'm getting at, you are right there is another way that it is president bringing on shut down, but speaker and other main treatment republicans, if you will, said it will be on republicans could and look like last government shut down, they will get the blame. >> you see, that is the politics of it i will be honest and clear. that is such a phase willure of leadership -- that is such a failure of leadership. like what i just did, you know, i was born and raised in georgia went to university of tennessee i am not some harvard educated gent els -- gentlemen, but if ie explain it, why can't house leader explain it just as well, let's get away from the i'm going to get blamed, stop reading new york times and wash post and worry about the politics. i disagree with people who say you should let it go through, and let the american people suffer then allow them to come screaming, i say, a leader would never allow the

race will determine if we go this crazy george w. bush barack obama way which is printing money and overspending and raising taxes or if we will go pro-growth like reagan and if we go the pro-growth agenda i think markets will go up. really way up. dennis: plenty of time to follow over the next few years and in the meantime find one of these hundred dollar bills for you. dennis: how much would you pay for that? >> thanks a lot. dagen: $50 bills are bad luck. in racing in particular. not so much. dagen: coca-cola, artificial sweeteners, and diet drinks in a new ad campaign. dennis: diane macedo has more today. >> i will take any $50 bills, not a problem at all. >> the company is out with defending the use of s like diet drinks, and quality product you can feel good about along side a photo of a smiling woman, and a compound -- emphasizes despite being a trusted brand from 27 years, and doing things like offering low-calorie or no calorie options. and questions about artificial sweeteners calling them, quote, high quality alternatives to sugar and pointing out the safety came as suppo

new feature that keeps track of your every movement. [ light laughter ] yeah. then president obama was like, "right, new feature." [ laughter ] yeah, yeah. brand new. never existed before. speaking of the president, yesterday, obama met with the prime minister of greece at the white house. when he heard the leader of greece was there, biden was like, "john travolta's here?" [ laughter ] he's like -- [ impersonating travolta ] "i swear to god, sandy -- summer love. biden, get over here. [ laughter ] biden, what you doing over there? that's crazy." you guys, football season is right around the corner. [ cheers and applause ] i'm excited! very, very excited about this. the new england patriots played their first exhibition game tonight. and tim tebow said that he wasn't sure if he would play. [ light laughter ] but coach belichick told him to be ready. then he said, to not play. [ laughter ] which is just like, a roller coaster. but football is starting up again and listen to this. the nfl just announced that its gonna start cracking down on players who celebrate too much after scorin

. "outfront" tonight, president obama makes his case for war. >> today we released our unclassified assessment detailing with high confidence that the syrian regime carried out a chemical weapons attack that killed well over 1,000 people including hundreds of children. this follows the horrific images that shocked us all. >> cnn has obtained new images the aftermath of another alleged chemical weapons attack in syria. and we want to warn you the video is very disturbing. seven people died and dozens were injured in the alleged attack on a school in northern syria. a doctor at a local hospital said, quote, it's like they used chemicals like napalm or something. many of the victims were covered in burns. cnn has not been able to independently confirm what happened there. cnn's senior white house correspondent jim acosta joins us now with all the latest from there. hi, jim. i know you've been working the story furiously. today the administration released its declassified intelligence assessment, its case for an attack, so what is the president's evidence? >> reporter: well, jessica, i

>>> just over an hour ago, president obama saying there should be military action in syria. take a listen. >> this attack is it an assault on human dignity. it also presents a serious danger to our national security. it risks making a mochrie of the global prohibition of the use of chemical weapons. it endangers our friends and partners along syria's borders, including israel, jordan, turkey, lebanon and iraq. it could lead to escalating use of chemical weapons. or their proliferation to terrorist groups who would do our people harm. in a world with many dangers, this menace must be confronted. after careful deliberation, i have decided that the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets. this will not be an open ended intervention. we would not put boots on the ground. instead, our action would be designed to be limited in duration and scope. but i'm confident we can hold the assad regime accountable for their use of chemical weapons. deter this kind of behavior, and degrade their capacity to carry it out. >> the president saying he will seek a congres

washington in 1961, the same year that president barack obama was born to go on freedom rides, black people and white people couldn't be seated on a bus or a train together to travel through the south. >> former secretary of state colin powell commented on the trayvon martin verdict on "face the nation." >> i think that it will be seen as a questionable judgment on the part of the judicial system down there, but i don't know if it will have staying power. these cases come along and blaze across the midnight sky and then after a period of time they're forgotten. >>> texas senator ted cruz admitted republicans do not have the votes to defund obama care, but says he is, quote, not convinced that president obama wouldn't defund his own health care law if congress gave him the opportunity to do so. >>> at the end of the video music awards last night, president barack obama showed his support for katy perry's finale and her song "roar" by tweeting to her after she tweeted about obama care. he said thanks for spreading the word, #roar. >> michelle and her daughters went to broadway to see t

. that's the reason can you take -- you can look at the increase in taxes, obama care, red tape, all that. government needs to get out of the way and let people keep more of their money. >> all those companies all got sales boosts when we had a temporary sales tax cut recently. you can't, they're having less sales. no one likes taxes. at the end of the day this specific tax goes from your paycheck to florida to people who are retired so they can go to nordstrom's and walmart. if we would keep it inefficiently low, we would have to raise government taxes. >> when they cut the payroll tax, joe, that money went to gas instead because gas prices were so much higher. it was -- it didn't go to -- >> it was a boost to the economy. how do you -- >> it didn't go to nordstrom's. >> the payroll tax going in and checks going out to social security -- >> d.c.'s not going to take on social security. that's not going to happen. >> jon? >> what steve said is exactly right. the taxes in a healthy economy are not going to affect this but we had a housing boom that did help with this. this is not a healthy